NOTEBOOK Scott-Arruda earned Best
Blocker at the 2002 FIVB World Championship as Team USA won the silver medal. She paced the Americans to six FIVB World Grand Prix medals, including four gold medals and two bronzes. Scott-Arruda was named most valuable player, Best Scorer and Best Blocker at the 2001 FIVB World Grand Prix. “This is such an incredibly, humbling experience,” Scott-Ar- ruda said. “To play a sport that you dedicate a lot of your life and a lot sacrifice, but it is because you want to do it. It is like you have so much passion for what you do, it doesn’t seem like such an incred- ible feat. It is what you do. You invest so much into it. This is not by my merits alone. Something like this cannot happen by your- self. So I am really grateful that I have been chosen to be a part of this great family of international people represented in this Hall of Fame.” The International Volleyball
Hall of Fame, incorporated in 1978, continues to create a more representative institution with inductees of both genders and disciplines – indoor volleyball and beach volleyball – coming from a wide range of countries.
Top FIVB/AVP beach ref
Dan Apol passes away Longtime FIVB and AVP ref-
eree Dan Apol passed away Nov. 16 after suffering a stroke while officiating a Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference volleyball match in Colorado Springs. The 44-year-old referee, who was popular among his peers and the players, was immediately taken to a hospital after he col- lapsed during the match. He was placed on a life support machine, but died hours later. Apol, who is survived by his wife Bonnie, was one of 16 referees at the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games. He was the second referee for the men’s gold- medal match. He also officiated the beach Olympics at London. Three-time Olympic gold
medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings was one of many top players to pay her respects. She shared her
Dan Apol was a top-notch referee who earned the respect of the players on the sport’s biggest stage, including the Olympics. (Photo: FIVB)
thoughts on social media: “God bless and God speed, Dan Apol. I sure loved giving you grief. You certainly will be missed and never be forgotten.” The Denver native became
an FIVB International Referee in 2004 and during his time as an official oversaw over 600 FIVB matches and two FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships. He was also an International Para- volley referee and an NCAA of- ficial in the United States for both beach volleyball and volleyball. Away from the court, Dan
loved the outdoors and enjoyed golf, camping, fishing and skiing.
Kiraly to serve on FIVB techincal commission U.S. Women’s National Team
Head Coach Karch Kiraly was selected to the 10-member FIVB Technical and Coaching Commis- sion in December. The commission now includes
the three most recent coaches to lead the U.S. Women’s National Team. China’s Lang Ping led the U.S. Women from 2005-08, culminating with the silver medal at the 2008 Olympic Games on her home soil. New Zealand’s Hugh McCutcheon, who serves as president of the Technical and Coaching Commission, coached
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the U.S. Women from 2009-12, leading them to silver at the 2012 Olympic Games. Kiraly led Team USA to the bronze at the most recent 2016 Rio Olympics.
Banwarth to begin again
as Nebraska assistant Nebraska volleyball head
coach John Cook has named former libero Kayla Banwarth as the new assistant coach for the Huskers. Banwarth replaces another for-
mer Husker, Dani Busboom Kelly, who was named the head coach at Louisville in November. “Whenever I have a chance to
hire a former player to coach at Nebraska volleyball, it’s something I strongly consider because they understand what this program is about,” Cook said. “Kayla’s strengths are her journey to Ne- braska as a walk-on, having a great career at Nebraska and going on to beat out all the other liberos in the United States to become one of the top liberos in the world.” Banwarth, 27, is relatively new to the coaching profession after finishing an illustrious playing ca- reer with the U.S. National Team at the Olympic Games in Rio in 2016 by winning bronze. A U.S. National Team libero since 2011, Banwarth also spent
one season as a volunteer assistant coach for the Pepperdine men’s volleyball team. “I am extremely honored to
rejoin the Nebraska volleyball pro- gram as a coach,” Banwarth said. “I want to thank Coach Cook for this opportunity. I look forward to learning and growing both as a coach and a person. It’s great to be back in Lincoln.”
After walking on at Nebraska
in 2007, Banwarth became the starting libero midway through her freshman season and remained in that role through 2010, receiv- ing All-Big 12 honorable mention as a junior and senior.
Kayla Banwarth joins the coaching staff at her alma mater with vast international experience. (Photo: Eric Francis / USA Volleyball)
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